by Norbert Seyff, Florian Graf, Neil A. M. Maiden, Paul Grünbacher
Abstract:
[Context and motivation] A number of ethnographic approaches are available to gather requirements where they emerge, i.e. in the workplace of future system users. [Question/problem] Most of these approaches do not provide guidance and software tool support for on-site analysts. [Principal ideas/results] In this paper we present a tool-supported contextual method that combines key benefits of contextual inquiry and scenario-based techniques. It aims to improve guidance and support for on-site analysts performing a contextual requirements discovery. [Contribution] We applied this method in the Austrian Alps to discover stakeholder requirements for a ski tour navigation system. This paper reports on this inquiry and analyses its results. Moreover, we discuss lessons learned and conclusions.
Reference:
Scenarios in the Wild: Experiences with a Contextual Requirements Discovery Method (Norbert Seyff, Florian Graf, Neil A. M. Maiden, Paul Grünbacher), In Proceedings 15th Int'l Working Conference Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ 2009), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 8-9 (Martin Glinz, Patrick Heymans, eds.), Springer, volume 5512, 2009.
Bibtex Entry:
@Conference{Seyff2009a,
author = {Norbert Seyff and Florian Graf and Neil A. M. Maiden and Paul Grünbacher},
title = {Scenarios in the Wild: Experiences with a Contextual Requirements
Discovery Method},
booktitle = {Proceedings 15th Int'l Working Conference Requirements Engineering:
Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ 2009), Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
June 8-9},
year = {2009},
editor = {Martin Glinz and Patrick Heymans},
volume = {5512},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
pages = {147-161},
publisher = {Springer},
abstract = {[Context and motivation] A number of ethnographic approaches are available
to gather requirements where they emerge, i.e. in the workplace of
future system users. [Question/problem] Most of these approaches
do not provide guidance and software tool support for on-site analysts.
[Principal ideas/results] In this paper we present a tool-supported
contextual method that combines key benefits of contextual inquiry
and scenario-based techniques. It aims to improve guidance and support
for on-site analysts performing a contextual requirements discovery.
[Contribution] We applied this method in the Austrian Alps to discover
stakeholder requirements for a ski tour navigation system. This
paper reports on this inquiry and analyses its results. Moreover,
we discuss lessons learned and conclusions.},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-02050-6_13},
isbn = {978-3-642-02049-0},
researchr = {http://researchr.org/publication/SeyffGMG09},
tags = {discovery}
}